More than 2,600 refugees from Darfur arrived in Sam Ouandja, in the very east of the Central African Republic in mid-June 2007. They had walked for more than 10 days, at night-time, to reach safety in CAR after their homes in Daffaq in southern Sudan had been bombed.

The humanitarian partners in CAR have started distributing food and shelter items to cover their most basic needs. Sam Ouandja is almost 900km aways from Bangui and very difficult to access during the rainy season, which has started a few weeks ago.